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Leading rental payment platform PayProp has welcomed the added protections for landlords and renters outlined in the UK government’s rental reform...

A rogue landlord has been fined £5,500 following a successful prosecution by Mendip council in Somerset. The council’s private sector housing team brought a...

The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...

A local authority in London is threatening landlords with enforcement action if they don’t pay up for a new license. Lewisham’s Labour...

The Guardian newspaper has given an aggrieved tenant the opportunity to explain how he and other renters took a landlord to...

A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have called for the creation of a Landlord...

It’s now daggers-drawn between the National Residential Landlords Association and Oxford’s Labour-run council over a huge new licensing scheme. Government approval of...

The government recently passed into law the much-anticipated Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022. This effectively ends government interventions to prevent commercial...

The latest attack on landlords by Generation Rent director Baroness Alicia Kennedy concerns insulation and household warmth. She claims a quarter of...

Gedling council in Nottinghamshire is the latest local authority to resume consultations on Selective Licensing after putting initial proposals on ice...

Eviction specialist Landlord Action says it’s seen a sharp rise in landlords seeking to use its debt recovery service against tenants...

Renting is changing. That’s what we keep being told by the Government as it prepares the ground for its renters’ reform...

A new and huge landlord licensing scheme has launched in County Durham. A total of at least 29,000 properties, or 42 per...

One of the leaders of the Generation Rent group claims it can be “an uphill struggle for private renters to get...

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...

The National Residential Landlords Association has backed a far-reaching report by a group of MPs which has condemned the quality of...

A landlord has been fined in one of the first cases in England, for failing to comply with Electrical Safety Standards. Regulations...

The government has indirectly given away early details of its long-expected National Landlord Register - but it still appears to be...

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeh­olds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has given £650,000 to one town to clampdown on rogue landlords. A statement...

Landlords wanting to let out via Airbnb and other short let platforms in Edinburgh will have to apply for planning consent...

A private landlord has been slapped with a £400 fine for allowing a tenant’s waste to be fly-tipped on the site...

A non-profit organisation called Justice For Tenants has spearheaded a campaign which has ultimately led to a Rent Repayment Order being...

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants rogue landlords to pay bigger fines and more compensation to tenants. He is also introducing...

The mayor of Labour-controlled Bristol council is teaming up with local anti-landlord activists to look at how to introduce local rent...

Last October, stakeholders across the private rented sector were told by ministers that the Government needed extra time to create a...

New selective licensing schemes are now live in areas of north and east Manchester covering more than 1,400 properties.  This means compulsory...

Complaints from the public about rubbish left in front of a house have led to a landlord being hit with a...

A landlord has been fined £3,607 over properties that were so dangerous tenants’ lives were at risk. North Lincolnshire council brought a...

Landlords who let out holiday properties as businesses may have to fork out as much as £1,000 more per year as...

A London landlord has been ordered to pay over £64,000 for breaking housing regulations. In July last year Sumon Miah was found...

A leading accountancy firm says the relative good health of the rental market and house price appreciation will trigger stricter enforcement...

A local council is inviting landlords within its boundaries to take up funding from a £49,057 pot it has to improve...

Shelter has given what appears to be unconditional support to the SNP-Green proposals for reform of the private rental sector in...

Rogue landlords in one area of London could face unlimited fines, criminal convictions and bans from letting out properties. The measures are...

Bristol-based lettings management company Iletpro Ltd has been ordered to pay a total of £2,700.06 in fines and costs for failing...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

A report by the National Audit Office has sharply criticised the government and councils for not doing enough to help tenants...

The National Residential Landlords Association has thrown its weight behind the recommendations of the National Audit Office report urging the government...

Residential landlords need no reminding of the restrictions that have prevented possessions for substantial periods during the pandemic. Nor do they...

Fines on landlords and letting agents that fall foul of London council regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...

A council in a largely-rural area of Suffolk is the latest to have won additional funding to push landlords into making...

Automated rental payment platform PayProp recently held a webinar, attended by well over 100 people, in which a condensed video of...

Activists in the Acorn pro-tenant movement have sharply criticised the Green Party which runs Brighton council for allegedly failing to prosecute...

A couple have been fined over £13,000 after they were found guilty of unlawfully evicting four tenants and breaching management regulations...

Avoiding over-regulation across the UK should be a priority to keep existing landlords in the sector as well as attracting buy...

Private sector landlords are being warned by a council to check their investments meet the legal minimum energy efficiency standard, or...

A Labour councillor in a Green Party-controlled local authority wants the body to name and shame rogue landlords on a publicly-available...

A lettings sector trade body is blasting local authorities for their poor record on trying to eliminate rogue landlords. The National Residential...

It’s understood there will be a Christmas truce with tenants not enduring bailiff-enforced evictions between December 13 and January 10. HM Courts...

A council in the north of England has identified 166 private rental properties within the district that do not comply with...

A council says it’s offering landlords what it calls ‘an enforcement amnesty’ if they have failed to bring their rental units...

The steps landlords need to take to improve their own image and enhance their reputation in the eyes of consumers was...

An independent think-tank is the latest organisation wanting landlord licensing schemes across England plus a nationa landlord register, emulating similar schemes...

A planning inspector has ordered a rogue landlord to comply with enforcement notices after being found to be illegally renting two...

The Generation Rent activist group has repeated its call for a landlord register in England, saying it could mean more tax...

Two married landlords from Southall have been ordered to pay over £290,000 after failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice. Kartar and...

With more than 60 per cent of landlords losing rental income during the pandemic, it is no surprise that many are...

A landlord must pay thousands of pounds after illegally letting an outbuilding for over three years. Paul Vig admitted failing to comply with...

A local authority admits it is using covert cameras to spot landlords illegally fly-tipping. Darlington council claims there have been several incidents...

A London landlord has been ordered to pay almost £275,000 for failing to comply with an existing planning enforcement notice. Mrs Anja...

The National Residential Landlords Association has entered into partnership with a tech company to assist landlords with regulatory compliance. This partnership will...

A landlord who built extensions and converted them into flats and bedsits all without planning permission has been given a record...

A landlord company has been fined more than £15,000 for failing to improve housing conditions in three properties. North Somerset council received...

The government needs to beef up enforcement if it wants to address rogue landlords who put tenants at risk, says the...

A local newspaper’s investigation has revealed that a London council flouted its own policies to maximise the number of landlords it...

Proposals to impose strict controls on Airbnb and other short lets - including possibly requiring planning consent and licensing - will be...

Fines for landlords and lettings agents in Greater London have soared from just £22,000 in May to a huge £139,146 in...

Over half of local authorities in England have not issued any civil penalties against rogue or criminal landlords in the last...

Redbridge council in east London has undertaken its toughest ever clampdown on buy to let, visiting 171 properties in a week. The...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is spending £100,000 on a feasibility study to investigate the setting up of...

The government claims its new Building Safety Bill, published yesterday, will create “lasting generational change” after Grenfell and the cladding crisis...

Fines totalling more than £250,000 were issued to rogue landlords in Barking and Dagenham last year. Offences included failing to have a...

Evictions guru Paul Shamplina returns to the TV this evening but his Channel5 show has had a name change - it...

A landlord has been hit with a fine of more than £4,200 for failing to keep tenants safe in their homes. North...

A landlord who fly-tipped the contents of a flat so another tenant could move in has been ordered to pay thousands...

Labour MPs have quizzed junior housing minister Eddie Hughes over the effects of the ending of the eviction ban. At the regular...

The landlords’ trade body says there’s an enforcement postcode lottery across part of the UK. The National Residential Landlords Association’s Welsh Enforcement...

The government has pledged to  bring forward a White Paper in the Autumn, focussing on its commitments to reform the private...

A warning has been issued to landlords about a crackdown on compliance issues surrounding property management. No Letting Go, the country’s largest...

A Midlands council says it’s sent thousands of letters to landlords in the last 12 months in response to complaints from...

Landlords are being warned of an urgent change to the arrears process thanks to the launch of the government’s Breathing Space...

There are now 10 councils with licensing schemes covering more than 20 per cent of the rental market according to activists’...

The controversial Breathing Space policy comes into effect from next Tuesday, May 4, and a charity is admitting it is not...

The government says the number of households facing possible homelessness after a Section 21 eviction has fallen 50 per cent in...

Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham, wants to introduce a £1.5m Good Landlord Charter This would work in partnership with the city’s...

Salford council in Greater Manchester is to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live - and the...

An eviction specialist says the average time to evict a tenant could soar by six months once the current ban comes to...

Landlords and managing agents of HMOs could face unlimited fines following new measures being brought in to strengthen fire safety, the...

A tenant who sub-let a property by falsely claiming to be its owner has been given a criminal record.  Sonia Nascimento rented...

A landlord who illegally turned a London property into 13 flats has been hit by nearly £200,000 in fines, costs and...

Scottish private sector landlords and tenants who face financial difficulties caused by the pandemic have more time to access support after...

A Crown Court judge has ordered a landlord to pay back almost £750,000 in illicit earnings made from overcrowded properties in...

Two landlords have to pay almost £8,000 for letting their flats in defiance of a Prohibition Order.  The order came into force...

This 10-part series - filmed before the pandemic - follows letting agents, eviction specialists and lawyers helping landlords chase rent arrears and...

The Baroness leading the pressure group Generation Rent says the extension of the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions does not go far...

Two men have been ordered to pay almost £8,000 for letting out flats in defiance of regulations designed to keep tenants...

There is growing momentum for local councils to freeze their plans for landlord licensing while the pandemic continues. Lettings agency trade body...

A council clampdown on four short let flats in Edinburgh has been backed by the Scottish Government. The council discovered that the...

The government has been slammed for missing out landlords in proposals to enforce new energy efficiency regulations. Propertymark - the trade group...

Police in Devon say they will be cracking down on holiday homes let by landlords in contravention of Coronavirus lockdown rules...

The government has set out details of its new Debt Respite Scheme - also known as Breathing Space - which comes...

A landlord who committed 33 offences at a property he owns has been issued with civil penalties totalling £50,500. Zaheer Uddin Babar,...

A trade body says the current national lockdown may make it harder for the lettings industry to conform with an approaching deadline...

The Rent Smart Wales quango, now five years old, has been sharply criticised by the National Residential Landlords Association.  A report commissioned...

A Labour MP is demanding action against unscrupulous predator landlords who demand sex from tenants in lieu of rent. The Daily Mail...

Landlords with properties in the Havering area have until January 24 to submit a selective licence application, giving them a 50...

A leading officer in a Labour council which has in the past taken landlords to court says this process is so...

The Acorn group of rental activists has created a detailed crib sheet of responses to a council consultation on landlord licensing. Acorn,...

A landlord has been fined £2,500 for failing to licence a property that she had been renting out for several years...

A London landlord must pay over £280,000 in three months after housing eight people in a flat deems illegal for even...

From today possession cases with severe rent arrears will be exempt from the effective ban on evictions applying to the England...

A legal challenge has been started to the government’s current ‘ban’ on bailiff-enforced evictions in the private rental sector. High profile property...

A landlord who failed to properly look after two HMOs has been fined £70,500 by an Essex council. Lystra Dorval, of Ilford,...

An industry service supplier has revealed the scale of the backlog in possession cases which cannot be pursued to eviction because of...

It’s been confirmed that during the current one month lockdown in England there will be no enforcement of possession orders except...

Bailiffs have agreed to a government request not to enforce court orders against tenants in Tier 2 and Tier 3 locations. This...

A London local authority is to extend its current additional licensing scheme from 12 council wards to 18 - and is...

A London landlord who ignored six enforcement notices served by his local council has been ordered to pay over £300,000. Salim Mussa Patel...

A council wants to introduce private rental sector licensing as part of a pledge made back in 2018. Plymouth’s Labour controlled council pledged...

Generation Rent activists are back on the warpath, this time accusing councils of not doing enough - and sometimes nothing -...

Buy-to-let landlords in Walthamstow, north east London, have been ordered to pay a collective total of £375,000 after modifying their buy-to-let...

A landlord in Oxford is no longer allowed to offer a local property for short-term lets following a lengthy planning battle...

Ashfield District Council has joined forces with police officers in the Sutton area of Nottinghamshire to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords operating...

Buy-to-let landlords with a rental property in Harrow have just a few weeks left to have their say in a consultation...

A buy-to-let landlord in Doncaster has lost an appeal at the High Court after he built an extension on a property...

Harrow Council is looking to renew its landlord licensing scheme in Edgware, enabling tougher enforcement action on rogue landlords. It is consulting...

New guidance from ARLA Propertymark’s legal helpline aims to provide landlords and letting agents with greater clarity based on frequent queries they...

A number of property firms and landlord organisations have welcomed government action to support landlords and tenants affected by coronavirus. Private tenants...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay back a whopping £190,000 after he was caught receiving rental from illegal flats. A...

A selective licensing scheme covering two areas in the suburbs of Leeds has been introduced by Leeds City Council.  Under the new...

The government’s decision to invest an additional £4m in funding for local councils to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents has...

A rogue landlord who squeezed 15 people into a modest home in west London has been ordered to pay more than...

Brent Council in north London will be taking action against a buy-to-let landlord who is accused of “exploiting tenants” after  17...

A rogue landlord who repeatedly rented out a substandard property in Yeadon, West Yorkshire, has been fined more than £25,000. Jack Collins,...

A buy-to-let landlord in Sutton has been fined £2,694 and ordered to pay £1,994 in costs and a victim surcharge of...

Marks Out Of Tenancy, a letting review website, has launched a digital service to help local authorities crackdown on unscrupulous landlords...

The government crackdown on the buy-to-let sector has seen landlord regulations increase by a third since the Conservative party came into...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay almost £6,000 after the council was unable to determine if his property in...

A new PRS interactive learning toolkit for local authorities to help them take action against rogue landlords and letting agents has...

Letting agents are being urged to do more to raise consumer awareness about rogue operators in the industry by demonstrating their...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has criticised the London Trading Standards (LTS) for what it says is an admission of failure in...

With new figures showing that almost half of letting agents do not comply with the law, London Trading Standards (LTS) has...

Birmingham  City Council has taken action against a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) landlord in the Small Heath area in what...

A council used a plane with thermal imaging to catch unscrupulous landlords that allowed tenants to live in substandard conditions.  Several people...

A tenant posing as a landlord converted two bedrooms in a flat into four bedsits, putting residents at risk. The fake landlord...

Coventry City Council has dismissed claims that its landlord licensing and accreditation scheme is potentially unlawful. The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) wrote...

A landlord has been penalised for operating an unlicensed house in multiple occupancy  (HMO) in south London. Fouad Ahmad, from Streatham, pleaded...

It is not always possible for an individual or company to improve its image beyond that of its industry, and that is...

A landlord who converted a house in north London into flats without consent could face legal action. Javad Aghababazadeh was given permission...

An unscrupulous landlord who housed at least 25 tenants in a rundown property in north-west London has been ordered to pay...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay £14,500 for illegally renting out an overcrowded House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) without...

Introducing a ‘rogue landlords’ database without better enforcement would be a pointless exercise, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). A rogue...

Hull City Council has come under pressure for unjustly taking an aggressive stance against landlords after a sharp rebuke from the...

A rogue landlord in north London has been ordered to pay more than £66,000 after being found guilty of making tenants'...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has slammed the government’s Selective Licensing Review for failing to listen to landlords. The report, which was...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay a fine of £10,000 after being convicted for renting out two unlicensed properties...

A buy-to-let landlord in Telford has been fined £1,000, ordered to pay £2,183 costs and a £100 victim surcharge after pleading...

Earlier this month the Tenant Fee Ban was introduced, after much fanfare from the Government. However, it is not the only...

A rogue landlord who made almost £130,000 in illegal rent after converting his three-bedroom house in east London into two flats...

Brent Council in north London discovered three tenants living inside a shed in the garden of a three-bedroom semi-detached house in...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £7,000 for neglecting the garden at one of his properties and allowing to become...

Plans to introduce a new licensing scheme for privately rented homes in Barking and Dagenham has been approved by the government. Under...

The Tenant Fees Act, better known simply as the tenant fees ban, is coming into force from June 1 2019. It...

An unscrupulous landlord has been told to pay close to £25,000 after being prosecuted for renting out rooms in an unlicensed...

A buy-to-let landlord who converted a flat in London Bridge into ‘cramped bedsits’ without planning consent has been ordered to pay...

Fresh guidance for local authorities to crackdown on rogue landlords has been unveiled by housing minister Heather Wheeler. Local authorities across the...

A buy-to-let landlord who allowed tenants to occupy rooms without windows after failing to get planning consent for a block of...

New enforcement rules covering living conditions in private rented housing in Hull look set to be introduced after Humber Landlords Association...

Local authorities across England are spending significantly less on dealing with rogue landlords than in 2009-10, new research shows. According to Residential...

A new fire safety campaign urging private sector landlords and letting agents to always abide by the law and install smoke...

An unscrupulous landlord who converted three family homes into houses in multiple occupation (HMO) without planning consent has been jailed for...

Buy-to-let investors should be ‘extremely wary’ of buying property in an area affected by selective licensing rules because many local authorities...

Following the recent addition of the Fitness for Human Habitation Bill and the amendments this has made to the existing Landlord...

Brent Council in north London looks set to take action against a buy-to-let landlord who is accused of “exploiting tenants” after ...

A landlord who failed to install a proper heating system and left safety hazards across a house in Peterborough has been...

A landlord in Stevenage who allowed his tenant to live in an excessively cold attic with a serious fire safety hazard...

Barnet Council is planning to introduce a stricter licensing scheme designed to clampdown on rogue landlords across the borough in north...

There is growing concern in Reading that thousands of landlords could soon face enforcement action if they do not sign up...

A growing number of local authorities are using selective licensing to introduce penalties for buy-to-let landlords that go well beyond the...

Close to £2.4m of additional funding designed to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords will be made available for more than 50 councils...

A family of slum landlords who crammed 31 people into a suburban four-bedroom house has been ordered to pay back almost...

More needs to be done to stem the rise in short-term lets on Airbnb in Scotland to ensure that the market...

Havering Council continued to clampdown on rogue landlords in 2018, with new figures revealing that the local authority issued just over...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined more than £6,000 after failing to obtain a license for a shared house in Bristol. John Elwes...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill will soon become law after passing its third reading at the House of Lords...

Rogue landlords who converted terrace houses into shoebox flats without planning permission have been ordered to re-pay illegal income or face...

One of the UK’s biggest and arguably most contentious buy-to-let landlords has been ordered to pay £25,000 after ignoring a notice...

A notorious rogue landlord who illegally built a number of tiny bedsits across North West London has been ordered to pay...

The new regulations introduced last month to bring mandatory licensing to all Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) was designed to better...

The deadline for submitting additional and selective licence applications in Hackney has been extended until 1 March 2019.  The deadline for applications...

Two thirds of councils in England and Wales responding to a FOI request by the Residential Landlords Association brought no prosecutions...

Trading standards will almost certainly need help from consumers to help police the ban on letting fees, according to PayProp. As part...

A woman who repeatedly ignored council orders to stop renting ‘beds in sheds’ has been ordered to pay back almost £450,000...

Folkestone Magistrates Court’s decision last week to find high profile landlord, Judith Wilson, guilty of failing to comply with an enforcement...

A buy-to-let investor, once dubbed “country’s worst landlord”, still owes more than £100,000 in unpaid fines in relation to over 60...

Britain’s biggest and arguably most contentious buy-to-let landlord could be slapped with an ‘unlimited’ fine after leaving a wheelchair-bound tenant without...

Yesterday’s announcement that councils in England are going to be handed an additional £2m in government funding to tackle the small...

Eight men were found living in cramped conditions in a one-bedroom flat in east London during a raid by Barking and...

Being a landlord demands a high level of commitment, not only to reduce void periods and keep your property marketable but...

Landlord licensing schemes are popping up all over the UK as local authorities step up their efforts to clampdown on rogue...

Tenants will be offered access to the government’s rogue landlord database under fresh plans unveiled by Theresa May. The Prime Minister was...

A rogue landlord whose tenants were living in degrading conditions has been ordered to pay £9,000. Housing enforcement officers from Harrow Council...

A landlord in Ilford, Essex, who allowed 23 people to live in overcrowded conditions has been fined £7,500. Tenants in a house...

More than 20 men were discovered living in cramped conditions in a three-bedroom house in north-west London during a raid by...

The Liberal Democrats once again called for the introduction of mandatory licensing for PRS homes as well as a publicly available...

A managing agent has been fined more than £30,000 for allowing a tenant to occupy an unsafe tiny room behind a...

Councils must do more to root out unscrupulous landlords that give the sector a bad name, according to the Residential Landlords...

Licensing schemes can serve purposes which are indisputably genuine and valid. They can, however, also be used as money-making schemes, particularly...

Brent Council officers discovered 15 men crammed inside a two-bedroom bungalow during an enforcement raid yesterday morning. Tenants were found sleeping on...

Buy-to-let landlords could have grounds to challenge HMO licensing fees which could save them hundreds of pounds each year, according to...

Cheshire East Council has pledged to clampdown on rogue landlords who allow tenants to live in poor housing standards within the...

A tenant who illegally sublet an unlicensed and poorly-maintained bungalow in north London, which was described by Brent Council as a...

One of the UK’s largest and arguably most controversial buy-to-let landlord who last year banned ‘coloured people’ from renting any of...

Rogue landlords in Ashford will now face fines of up to £30,000 after Ashford Borough Council voted to adopt new rules...

The vast majority of private sector tenants are satisfied with their housing, the English Housing Survey report for 2016/17 has found. The...

Buy-to-let landlords with existing tenancies on properties rented out in the private rented sector are being reminded to take note of...

Tougher electrical safety standards for rented properties north of the border are needed to protect private tenants, according to a leading...

The government is hoping to improve standards in the private rented sector in Telford by handing £388,925 to Telford & Wrekin...

Buy-to-let landlords north of the border are being urged to demonstrate that they are complying with all of their legal obligations...

A buy-to-let landlord has been reprimanded for housing too many people in a rented property in Peterborough Raashid Alyas, of Mayors Walk...

A buy-to-let landlord in Immingham, near Gimsby, has been ordered to pay £1,380 after being found guilty of renting an unlicensed...

A landlord who built an outbuilding and converted it into eight small flats without planning consent has been ordered to pay...

The publication yesterday of Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, confirming that landlords and building managers will...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay almost £3,000 after being found guilty of a number of breaches relating to...

A Labour councillor tasked with clamping down on rogue landlords has found herself in hot water after failing to declare a...

Local authorities should be given the power to confiscate properties from landlords who break the law, according to a committee of...

A rogue landlord who left tenants living in substandard conditions in Selly Oak and Edgbaston has been ordered to pay in...

An ‘unsafe’ house in multiple occupation (HMO) in north London has been uncovered by enforcement officers from Brent Council following a...

Doncaster Council’s Cabinet will be discussing new ways to tackle rogue landlords at their meeting later today. The proposal is to introduce...

The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is ‘missing the opportunity’ to assess fire safety regulations across all types...

Unscrupulous landlords who rent out substandard properties face being driven out of the private rented sector as new banning orders are...

A landlord in North West London who failed to deal with noisy pigeons nesting at one of its properties has been...

A Conservative councillor has been ordered to pay more than £57,000 after being taken to court by his own council for...

A buy-to-let landlord who rented out a converted British Telecom station in Osterley without consent has been ordered to pay over...

A buy-to-let landlord who let ‘hazardous’ properties in Leyland has been fined £20,000. Leyland Estates Ltd was prosecuted at Preston Magistrates Court after...

Rotherham Council wants to do more to protect private tenants by using tougher new laws to clamp down on rogue landlords. Local...

The government has confirmed that the long-awaited extension of Mandatory HMO Licensing will be introduced from 1st October 2018, subject to...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay £7,400 after failing to obtain a license to rent out a property in...

A plan to introduce a new selective licensing scheme in Telford has been scrapped by Telford & Wrekin Council after more...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has in conjunction with HM Land Registry launched a new survey as part of an informal consultation...

West Suffolk councils have agreed to clamp down on dodgy landlords by adopting new powers to tackle them, following a joint...

The mayor of London’s decision to launch a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ rogue landlords and letting agents...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan yesterday launched a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ dodgy landlords and letting...

A private landlord in Northampton has been fined £3,300 and ordered to pay the council’s £1,890.26 legal costs along with a...

A property firm with assets in the Virgin Islands has paid a £8,000 civil penalty to Brent Council after two tenants...

A landlord who failed to provide his tenants with adequate living conditions has been sent to jail. Majid Saniinejad, of Stoke Newington,...

First introduced in November 2015, The Welsh government’s Rent Smart Wales (RSW) scheme was designed to drive up standards in the...

A landlord has been fined just over £12,000 after repeatedly ignoring warnings from council planning enforcement officers not to carry on...

People living in high rise tower blocks across the UK are being let down by a system in which it is...

Rogue landlords in Hackney face heavy fines after the local council gained new powers to issue penalties of up to £30,000.  Landlords...

Given that thousands of landlords and tenants are not protected by client money protection (CMP), placing money held by letting agents are...

A pair of landlords in Dagenham have been slapped with a hefty fine for renting out two illegally converted flats over...

The decision to launch a new inquiry into the private rented sector has been welcomed by letting agents. The Communities and Local...

A new licensing system in the West London neighbourhoods of Hammersmith, Shepherd’s Bush, Fulham, Chiswick and Ealing aims to protect landlords...

New rules to help crack down on rogue landlords in York could soon come into force. City of York Council is considering...

A landlord in east London will have to cough up more than £100,000 or face going to jail for illegally converting...

A private landlord who converted several houses into bedsits without planning consent has been ordered to pay more than £340,000. Latif Rehman,...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined £1,000 for renting out a property in Peterborough without a licence which he was legally...

A Lincoln landlord has been told to pay more than £8,000 for serious overcrowding and safety breaches. Abdol Ali Javid Keshmiri of...

Brent Council has once again vowed to clamp down on rogue landlords in the local area after 35 men we found...

New landlord registration enforcement guidance has been issued by the Scottish government to all local authorities on regulating landlords in the...

A rogue landlord who rented out squalid flats, which breached council planning laws and failed to meet basic living standards, has...

Nine private landlords have been banned from letting out homes in the Govanhill area of Glasgow after being found unfit to...

New measures to clamp down on unscrupulous landlords who trap and cram vulnerable tenants in unsafe, overcrowded homes in Govanhill, Glasgow,...

This month has seen the approval or introduction of a number of new licensing schemes for landlords in several English cities,...

Buy-to-let landlords allowing illegal immigrants to live in their properties may face jail after hundreds of people suspected of not having...

Four landlords in Peterborough have become the first to have been fined for not holding a licence under a new city...

Borough wide selective licensing could soon be coming to Brent if the the local council gets its way. Brent Council wants the...

The Home Office is hoping to drive up standards in the private rented sector in Bristol by handing £321,750 to Bristol...

A private landlord has been prosecuted after failing to maintain gas appliances at his rental property in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. Llanelli Magistrates’ Court...

Contradictory and outdated fire safety guidance urgently needs updating to better support private landlords, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...

There is a direct correlation between licensed rental properties and a reduction in anti-social behaviour, according to a north London based...

No fewer than 16 men were found to be living in a one-bedroom flat filled with bunk beds made out of...

An MP’s bid to make homes in the rented sector ‘fit for human habitation’ has received support from the Residential Landlords...

The London Borough of Redbridge has from today introduced new selective licensing schemes in the wards of Valentines and Clementswood. The...

A new ‘Rent with Confidence’ scheme, which features a list of approved landlords and letting agents, has been created by local...

More private landlords with rental homes in the London borough of Havering may soon have to apply for a license after...

A landlord has been prosecuted by Barkingside Magistrates' Court for renting out a property in Dagenham with damp and mould issues,...

A rogue landlord who made almost £130,000 in illegal rent after converting his three-bedroom house into two flats without planning consent...

Steve Wood, Wales and West chairman of the Council of the Certificated Enforcement Agents Association, offers a guide to the 'Right...

Landlords renting out properties in the London borough of Brent have been ordered to pay fines totalling more than £500,000 over...

A buy-to-let landlord in Newport has become the first to be prosecuted for breaching new laws demanding that all private landlords...

The Conservatives have announced a range of housing policies designed to help them win the general election, including pledging to build...

Stronger enforcement and streamlining of legislation in the private rental sector is urgently required to ensure the abolishment of what is in...

A man who rented out rooms above a town centre bar has been banned from being a landlord after putting the...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan has vowed to crackdown on criminal landlords by ensuring that they are ‘named and shamed’...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay more than £17,000 for renting out an unsafe house in Ipswich, which posed...

A landlord has been ordered to pay in excess of £235,000 for renting out illegal bedsits in east London after pleading...

A landlord who broke the law by converting a building into seven flats in east London without planning consent could be...